Shadow Chopper slowly got up and moaned after a few minutes. He rubbed his head, feeling the pain that was delivered there, but he happened to notice his arms were black instead of pale green.
"Huh? What's this? Why am I suddenly all dark? ...And what's with my voice?" Shadow Chopper walked over to the mirror, and when he saw himself, he freaked out. "NOOOO! I'm… I'm… That faker? I mean, seriously! Why did I become THIS?! I… I look so terrible!"
Shadow Chopper checked out the window and noticed "Chopper" and his friends were back in the village. It seemed like the villagers were congratulating him for "defeating" him.
"Well done, Chopper!" Dour congratulated, while the rest of the villagers did the same thing.
"We were wrong to judge you!"
"We're safe from being pigified now!"
"Can I have your autograph?"
"People are giving him credit when I was the one who saved them. This just isn't right at all. Man, I wish I could do something to help, but I got nothing, unfortunately." Shadow Chopper frowned until something hit him. "Maybe... Maybe I can convince them... They know how I act, right?"
Shadow Chopper was about to use his speed to go down the stairs below him, but he ended up toppling down the hole and down the stairs. Once he got back up, he hit the Heart Block, looking confused.
"What the… How come I can't run fast? This is so weird!" Shadow Chopper began to slide his feet toward the door, and he saw some kind of yellow and white fire-like energy below his shoes.
He walked out of the room and jumped down onto the ground, but his dark shoes were actually making him hover over the ground. "Weird… Is this what Shadow Chopper can do? That's strange… I don't like going fast by skating or something. Yeah, that's another thing I'm wondering... How can he move fast like me? Gah…"
Shadow Chopper kicked the door open and proceeded out of the Dark Steeple. Hopefully he could tell his friends that "Chopper" was not really him. He ignored the ghost by the well and walked through the woods. Alone.
Twilight Town-
"OK, boys! We're going to get Chopper this time! Oh, yes! This time, we'll get that map from him and also blow him up!"
Back in Twilight Town, the Shadow Brothers were preparing for their next attack on Chopper. Mysterious was about to take out the grenade called the Superbombomb out, but he noticed he didn't have it.
"Hmm? Where's the Superbombomb that I had? Oh, yes! Now I remember! I gave it to you, Shadower! Now give it to me so we can destroy Chopper and take the map!"
"What? What are you talking about?" Shadower asked.
"…Oh don't tell me. You lost the Superbombomb, didn't you?"
"What are you talking about? I never had that bomb. You said it was too important for me to hold onto, so you should have it, right? I think you dropped it somewhere, or maybe you left it somewhere else? …Or maybe you were just holding it .5 seconds ago."
Mysterious checked his uh…"pockets" for the grenade, but he found nothing. "…DANG IT! …You liar! You ALWAYS have to make excuses such as 'Mysterious! I don't have it! You said that I would lose it, so you took it!' Or… 'I went to the bathroom and I gave it to you, so you lost it!' Well I'm not going to fall for anything else from you again!"
"But you were the one who had the sketch of Chopper," Shadower protested. "And I know you had the Superbombomb with you. Don't you remember? I remember the most out of you guys. Purple wouldn't say anything, and you just like him more for no reason! And no, I'm not making any stories up!"
"Bah! I know you're just making up another story! That's what you always do! …Sucks that we can't do much without it. Oh, fine then. I got a better idea…for Purple and I, that is!" Mysterious grinned. "Shadower! Since you dropped it somewhere around here, YOU will go look for it!"
"…What? That's just stupid! Making me do all the work…" Shadower gawked before he stopped for a second. "Hold on a minute. What are you and Purple gonna do while I do all of this work?"
"Well… While you go and look for that Superbombomb, Purple and I are just going to take a nice siesta. I'm sure you don't know what that word means, but who cares. We're gonna take a good ol' nap! You got an hour to find that grenade, you hear me? ONE HOUR! Now let's beat it, Purple."
Mysterious left by sinking into the shadows and Purple muttered as he went into the shadows to follow. Shadower was left angry as he punched the tree.
"Dang you, Mysterious! I hate you so…" Shadower closed his eyes as he rested his arm on the tree. "Why must I get all the blame? I didn't do anything wrong..."
Twilight Trail-
Shadow Chopper was running away from a couple of Hyper Goombas while was hurling fireballs at them. Thankfully, he still had his ability to use fireballs, his Spin Jump and his Super Hammer. Without them
"MAN! That was intense going through those woods! Going through all alone was so painful, especially with those Crazee Dayzees and Lazee Dayzees!" Shadow Chopper saw the wooden shed near him and sighed in relief. "Oh, THANK YOU! So…much…backtracking! Too…MUCH! All right, I'm gonna head on into Twilight Town and try to help my friends before they're in risk of becoming in danger!"
However, he was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Well well well… Look who decides to show up?"
Shadow Chopper looked up at the sky and saw "Chopper" tear through the sky, leaving a hole in the background and then landing down on the dirt ground. Shadow Chopper was left gaping at "Chopper".
"So, you thought you could come back to town and convince everyone that you're really Chopper?" "Chopper" asked. "Well from the looks of it, nobody will believe you. Face it. Nobody cares about you anymore. You're just a mere shadow just like I was for many years. Now you know how it feels for YOU to be me!"
"You! Give me back my name and body NOW!" demanded Shadow Chopper. "Trying to ruin someone's life is just wrong, and that's what you're doing to me! Do you LIKE to ruin people and make them suffer?"
"Did you just say 'like'? There's no such thing as 'like' to me." "Chopper" scoffed. "All there is for me is 'hate, darkness, and destruction.' That's what my mind thinks about. While you? I'm sure it's mostly 'happiness, love, fighting, eating, jumping, and running.' And this 'love' is what all of the people back at the village are giving me. I get mobbed there, and being around all those people sickens me. Did you see how happy they looked?"
"Well I'm sure they're happy. While me? I'm not! Not even I can smile!"
"Yes, that's something my body is incapable of. I once had the ability to feel emotions, but now the only emotion inside me is hatred. Apparently my hatred hasn't left me. I was hoping this body would help me, but it doesn't seem like it. Oh well... This body is a little more comfortable than mine."
"How did you even get me into this body?" Shadow Chopper asked.
"Well, you see... I have the ability to change into any shape I want, as well as using a unique kind of power called 'Star' power. No one else in the universe has such a power like mine. However, with my shape-shifting abilities aside, the Crystal Star gave me one ability... I could use it to claim a person's name and body. Once you defeated me, I secretly used the Crystal Star's power to claim your name and body, while you became stuck in mine."
"Hmmmm... So there's more to you than I thought."
"Well that's not it," "Chopper" noted. "You see, not only do I get your name and body, but you are left without a name. And when the time comes, you'll be erased for good!"
"Erased?! But I can't just let myself get erased from this world! I have a universe to save and Crystal Stars to collect!"
"Hmph... I COULD just let you get erased now, but I feel like that's way too easy... Fine, I suppose I'll give you a chance."
"A chance? What do you want me to do?" Shadow Chopper asked.
"I want you to guess my name," "Chopper" declared. "If you somehow manage to guess my name correctly, then perhaps I'll give you back your name and body. But I honestly doubt that will happen. Nobody around here knows my name, so your chances of guessing correctly are pretty low."
"Guess your name? …Fine, I'll do it. After that, we're going to settle this once and for all!"
"All right, then! Guess my name! If you're wrong, then we're just going to settle this, OK?"
"Fine… Let me think." Shadow Chopper began to ponder, but there was something strange. There was no lowercase P. Since he didn't know his name, he said something random. "…You're name is French Toast!"
"French Toast? WHY would somebody name their creation THAT?" "Chopper" gawked. "…Idiot. Well there's not much else to do except for crushing you. And just so you know, running away won't help you!"
"OK!" Shadow Chopper hurled a fireball at "Chopper", but it didn't do any damage to him! "…What? My attacks don't do anything?"
"Well that's nice for me," "Chopper" stomped on Shadow Chopper, but it didn't do anything either. "My attacks don't do anything either?!"
Shadow Chopper knew he had to run, so he used his dark shoes to flee from the fight, leaving "Chopper" to mutter the words "chicken" at him.
Once he made it into Twilight Town, he saw everybody was back to normal. Well, for them at least. As for him, no. He saw nobody around, so he walked to the other area of the town to see Shadower right by the tree, silent.
"Uh oh… One of the Shadow Brothers is here? This can't be good…" Shadow Chopper gulped before he heard voices coming from Dour's house, so he walked in to see "Chopper" and his partners in there.
"Thank you so much for what you've done, Chopper," Dour congratulated. "You've saved this town from that evil monster! You did such a good thing!"
Upon hearing the word "monster", Shadow Chopper was left a little saddened. People would consider him to be a monster now.
"I can't believe that Shadow Chopper wasn't destroyed. At least he's no threat for." Vivian sighed. Scrub had a bandage around his nose now after having his nose bleed. He happened to notice Shadow Chopper standing by the door.
"Guys! That faker's back!" Scrub shouted, making Shadow Chopper jump up in fright and quickly shake his head.
"What? No! It's me! Ch..." Shadow Chopper tried to say his name, but he was unable to spew out his name.
"Poyo? (What was he trying to say?)" Kirby gawked.
"Well it doesn't matter! He's here!" Scrub growled. "I'm going to make him pay for making my nose bleed!"
"We shouldn't have to worry what he said," "Chopper" assured, giving Shadow Chopper a glare. "After all, he turned the villagers into pigs... I think we should go with round two on him!"
"Don't listen to that fraud! He's not really me!" Shadow Chopper cried.
"Shut it, faker!" Scrub snapped. "We're not going to believe you!"
"All right, guys! Let's take him down" "Chopper" ordered as everyone except for Dour attacked Shadow Chopper with a hammer, stomp, flaming punch, ground pound, and a cartwheel that threw him out of the house.
Once Shadow Chopper got up, his bright, white eyes looked much duller and now he was a bit low on HP from the beating. But he felt more than physically hurt at the moment.
"I don't believe it… They don't believe me. That faker's right. Nobody cares about me at all. I guess I'm just going to be like him from now on…" Shadow Chopper closed his eyes as a tear came down his face. Even if he was trapped in a body that was meant to only have hatred, his own emotions didn't seem to leave him.
But before he could say anything, he heard some rustling going on from the bushes. Shadow Chopper saw Shadower searching the bushes for the Superbombomb.
"I can't believe Mysterious made me do this," Shadower growled as he smacked at one of the bushes. Shadow Chopper blinked before rubbing the tears off him.
"Wow… He doesn't seem to be so happy. I think I should go over there to make him feel a bit better..." Shadow Chopper thought as he walked over to Shadower. "What's wrong? Why are you so angry?"
"Oh, you wouldn't care what I'm doing," the young Shadow Brother sighed. "…But if you're really curious, I'm looking for something very important."
"You mean this?" Shadow Chopper found a grenade from behind one of the bushes, which made Shadower jump up in surprise.
"That… That's it! That's the Superbombomb! Now my bro's not going to punish me!" he took the grenade from Shadow Chopper and noticed it was broken. "Uh oh..."
"What's wrong?"
"The bomb's broken... Great... Just great!" Shadower sighed, placing a hand on his face. "What am I supposed to tell my brother? That I found it broken? He's probably going to assume I did it and punish me..."
"Hey! Don't feel bad! It's just a bomb! No big deal…" Shadow Chopper assured. "...Maybe I could try fixing it?"
"Thanks, but I don't think that's going to work... Actually... For some reason, I feel a little better thanks to you!" he grabbed the Superbombomb and threw it into a bush, which luckily didn't explode. "Forget this stupid thing!"
After he did that, he turned back to Shadow Chopper. "So… What's your name?"
"Ummm…" Shadow Chopper trailed.
"Hmm? What's that? I couldn't hear you."
"My name was stolen… Plus, I'm not able to say my name for some reason..."
"Wait, your name was stolen? That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've heard!" Shadower exclaimed, eyes widened in shock.
"I know! I'll tell you what happened." Shadow Chopper began to explain the whole story to Shadower about the events in Twilight Town. He knew for a fact that Shadower was highly interested in it.
"Holy… GEEZ! You got some serious problems!" Shadower realized. "Your friends actually beat you up and threw you out? Well I can definitely see how you look right now. I feel pretty bad for you... You seem really nice despite looking like you're something evil. But I swear your voice sounds kinda familiar..."
"Gulp!"
"Nah, probably not... But I think I'll help you out with your big problem. You helped me find that Superbombomb, so I'm going to help you get your friends and your name and body back! That's how it goes! …But MAN, you look terrible! I gotta do something about it! ...Oh! Here!"
Shadower took out an Ultra Shroom and handed it to Shadow Chopper.
"I was saving this in case if something went bad... But I think you deserve it more."
"Are you sure?" Shadow Chopper wondered.
"You're in much worse shape right now. If anything, I think you need it more than me."
"Oh... Thank you!" Shadow Chopper dropped the Ultra Shroom in his mouth, and suddenly his dull eyes became bright. "Hey... I do feel better!"
"It's the least I can do to help you. So, how's about we get going?"
Shadower has joined your party! Press X to have Shadower turn Chopper invisible to go through walls or floors that are light gray! You can move a little, but only for a short time. In battle, Shadower can lower enemy's defense with his Shadow Punch… Or he can make Chopper or himself invisible to avoid an attack!
"All right! …Now we need to find a way to get your name and body back. You got any suggestions?" Shadower asked.
"Hmmm... I don't know... I think we should..." Shadow Chopper paused for a minute and remembered the time when he went into the shadows with Vivian near some crows. "I think I can understand what the crows are saying around here. From what I can recall, this body is sure to be able to understand what crows can say."
"Good! Let's go check them first!"
They went to the crows by the gate, but since the crows happened to notice them, they couldn't get them to talk.
"They're not talking..." Shadower trailed.
"We might have to disappear," Shadow Chopper pondered. "You can turn us invisible, right?"
"Sure thing!" Shadower made Shadow Chopper invisible, while he became transparent as well. It reminded him of when Bow used to make him invisible two years ago, especially in Bubba Blubba's Castle.
"So, that kid meeting with the mayor, he's actually the bad guy, right?" the first crow wondered. "And nobody even knows. Humans can be so stupid sometimes, it makes me want to peck them right in the nose or in the brain."
"The only soul that knows the bad guy's name is locked under Dark Steeple, I hear," the second crow recalled. "If no one knows his name, he's unstoppable. Nobody, and I repeat! NOBODY can stop him…but then if his name isn't discovered, he and the person he stole his body from can't hurt each other…"
"Well if somebody DID say his real name, then it's most likely that his magic will be destroyed."
"Hmmm… I wonder how this is going to end up. That poor kid isn't even cared about now. I feel so bad for him…"
"Hey, did you hear that?" Shadower asked, turning themselves visible. "If we go searching under Dark Steeple, then we can find out that bad guy's real name! So… We better head off there!"
Once they headed outside of Twilight Town, Shadow Chopper was welcomed by another voice, and "Chopper" jumped out of the background again, making a hole and landing on the ground.
"So… That's the one who stole your name, huh? Man, he DOES look familiar, you know." Shadower recalled as Shadow Chopper gulped.
"I've been waiting for you… You're not going to be going anywhere this time." "Chopper" informed. "And what's this? You got a friend to help you? Pathetic! I'll give you another chance to guess my name I suppose, so go ahead and give me it!"
"Ummm…" Shadow Chopper ran away and headed away from the town. Shadower followed him as well, knowing that they wouldn't be able to do anything.
"So you run away like cowards. Hmph! What chickens…"
Near the Dark Steeple-
"Get off of me!" Shadow Chopper threw a Lazee Dayzee to the ground and shot a fireball at it, making it run away because it was on fire. He began to pant a little bit. The Lazee Dayzee ended up falling asleep after the flames on it were gone. Shadower used his Shadow Punch to punch a Crazee Dayzee away, making a shadowy fist fire at the Dayzee, sending it flying away.
"Phew! We sure took care of them! And we even made it to the Dark Steeple!" Shadower sighed as they reached the gate to Dark Steeple. "Man, this place looks creepy... But maybe it's a good thing you're in that person's body, since anybody around here will know you're the one who lives here, right?"
"Yeah, I suppose you're right," Shadow Chopper nodded. "But man, those Dayzees remind me so much of those Dayzeeflower Girls I met back at the Mushroom Kingdom. They all kind of like me now… No, not in that way, I mean friendly kind…"
"You met those people? Uh… I never heard of them. What's important right now is that we go to that well and search for that bad guy's name." Shadower noticed two Phis were running away from the well, from the ghost Shadow Chopper previously saw.
"Run away!"
"We can't do it!"
Shadow Chopper and Shadower saw the ghost by the well smirking while the Phis flew away. Before going to the well, they hit the Heart Block and Save Block first just in case and then walked over to the well, only to have the dark ghost block their way.
"Where do you think you're going now?" the ghost asked. "Ha ha ha! No no no no! You can't go down this well, you know! You know why? It's mine! …But still, do you even remember me? I was so awesome when we fought! …This is what's left of me."
"Who's this guy?" Shadower wondered, despite being ignored.
"Nope, I still don't know who you are," Shadow Chopper replied. "And how do you know who I am anyway? You shouldn't even KNOW who I am anyway!"
"Oh, so you wanna fight me instead of paying 80 coins?! OK! You asked for it!" the ghost growled. "And don't think this is going to be such an easy fight! I can do A LOT of damage to you guys! I'll even show you!"
Tattle: Whoa, who's this weird ghost guy? He's creeping me out a little! Max HP is 50, Attack is 10, Defense is 0. …WHOA! That attack is so HIGH! He's got some other attack that can deal 12 damage too! Maybe it was better to pay the coins instead of fighting this guy. He's REALLY tough… But I'm sure you can take him on. It shouldn't be a problem! ...Right?
"Whoa… That's kind of tough. I think I gotta use some Power Bounces on this guy! …It's the only way that we'll both be alive." Shadow Chopper started off with his Power Bounce and he stopped after seven times.
"OK, that's good! You dealt 8 damage to him! Now let me just make my attack!" Shadower made a punch away from the dark ghost and a shadowy fist came at him, lowering his defense - even though he didn't have any defense. But, it still did 4 damage.
"All right, punks! Time for the punch!" the dark ghost punched Shadow Chopper back off the stage, but he was able to come back on, using a Boo's Sheet to protect himself.
"Good idea! I'll still be able to make an attack!" Shadower made another Shadow Punch on the dark ghost, while Shadow Chopper was left unharmed when the dark ghost tried to attack. He laid a Power Bounce on him afterward and then his last stomp was a kick in the face. He did a flip after that, landing a Stylish move.
"That was pretty stylish! I'm going to try one!" Shadower attacked the dark ghost with his Shadow Punch, and after that, the ghost was left with only 20 HP. He was angry, so he tried to attack, but the Boo's Sheet prevented Shadow Chopper from getting hit.
"Whoops! You missed!" Shadow Chopper said as he landed another Power Bounce on him, but then he realized that his Boo's Sheet was gone. He did five stomps and allowed Shadower to attack next.
"Do you even KNOW who I am? Y'know, that annoying guy with the motorcycle? BOB? I'm still here, and I'm gonna be awesome! Take this!"
Bob managed to punch Shadower to take 10 out of him. This left the Shadow Brother with only 5 HP, which left him in grave danger.
"Oooog… I don't know if I can take another hit…" Shadower moaned.
"Wait a second… This guy is Bob? I thought he was dead!" Shadow Chopper gaped. Nonetheless, he hurled a fireball at Bob to leave a good burn on him, and then Shadower made his attack.
"Oh crud… Only 2 HP left?! That's bull! Oh, whatever!" Bob charged at Shadow Chopper, but he was able to Superguard the attack and make him take damage. AND… Because of the burn, he took damage and ended up getting defeated.
"Well... That was a little anti-climactic for this fight..." Shadow Chopper trailed. But the good news was that he leveled up after receiving his Star Points. He went with upgrading his FP to 30, so he now had 30 HP, 30 FP, and 15 BP.
"Arrrrrgh! You... You'll regret doing that!" Bob yelled until he faded away.
"Well looks like he's no longer guarding the well, and not to mention he got defeated so easily. Kinda strange... But, oh well!"
"Ummmmm... What was that supposed to be?" Shadower gawked.
"Oh, it's just a bad pun I made," Shadow Chopper explained. "A lot of people get angry over them. ...Well, in my REAL body, of course."
"Well, I will admit that was pretty terrible. Anyway, we're not here to talk about puns. We need to get into that well!"
Once they went in the well, they landed on the spring at the bottom to help them from getting any injuries. They found a Buzzy Beetle try to attack them by charging at them while they were in their shells. Unfortunately, fireballs didn't seem to work against them, so they moved on to find more Buzzy Beetles. There were even Spike Tops as well, so after a while, they beat them and got a Tornado Jump badge.
"There were A LOT here! At least we took care of them!" Shadower sighed. "Let's check out that gravestone blocking the pathway ahead."
Shadow Chopper pushed the gravestone that was in their way up, but once he stopped, it began to slowly move toward them. He gulped, "Uh oh…!" But luckily, Shadower managed to make them invisible so the stone would go phase through them.
"Oh... Well that works." Shadow Chopper sighed.
They walked into the door near them and found a Shine Block and Save Block, so they got both and Shadow Chopper rolled up in a tube when he saw the small little pathway that they went through to find a wooden X in a small room.
"Oh! Interesting!" Shadow Chopper used his Spin Jump and smashed through the ground, falling down the hole and into the room that he remembered seeing before. However, this time, he was in the hallway behind the windows that he couldn't access before.
"So THIS is how you get to this part of the room…" Shadow Chopper trailed as he became a tube again when he saw a small little path again to the left, where they found a small room with four chests and a green parrot.
"There's some treasure here! Let's see what we got here!" Shadower suggested as Shadow Chopper found a Power Plus badge, a Mr. Softener, a Steeple Key, and by a light bulb, a lowercase P.
"Wait, what's a lowercase P doing in here?" Shadow Chopper gawked. "Wait… I think when that faker told me to guess his name, there was no lowercase P! So, from what I believe, his name must have the letter P in there! However... We don't even know his name..."
"Let's hear what the bird has to say! …But we gotta make sure he can't see us." Shadower noted as he made themselves invisible. The green parrot looked around, wondering where they went.
"Skrawk? What happened to those two weird shadows that were just here? One of them looked familiar to me…" the parrot trailed. "It was almost nice to have some company... I haven't had company for a long time. I mean, no matter how important it is that no one knows his real name... Locking me up in here just because I know it... And making me guard the name's stupid letter... No way for someone who took over this steeple to treat a parrot such as myself! And I'm so hungry! I REALLY want a cracker... Tipral, you're a small meanie! When's my feeding time, huh?"
Shadow Chopper and Shadower appeared, which made the parrot yelp out. "Skra-WAAAAAAAAAARK? Uh... Pretty bird! Pretty bird! Chirp, chirp! Uh... Do you have my crackers, Tipral?"
"Uh huh…" Shadow Chopper slowly nodded as he unlocked the door right by him and were back in the hallway with the big chest.
"Well well well! We sure heard you, bird!" Shadower grinned. "So his name's Tipral, huh? Now that we got his name, we can go get your name and body back!"
Twilight Trail, near Twilight Town-
"He should be here any second now..." Shadow Chopper trailed as they made their way over to the small shed.
"So you show up at long last?" "Chopper" asked as he ripped through the background and landed in front of them. Both Shadow Chopper and Shadower got in their fighting stances, but they seemed more confident now.
"Hmmmm? What's this? You look rather confident. I can see it in your eyes..."
"Well, it's just a little something I found out recently..." Shadow Chopper explained.
"Oh, really? Well, you know... I'm getting a little tired of this stupid game." "Chopper" noted. "So, I think I'm planning on having you erased right about now."
"Hold on a minute!" Shadower cut in. "You still didn't let us guess your name!"
"Hmmmm... Yes, I didn't. Fine then. Go ahead and give me my name, No-Name! And believe me... NO ONE knows what my name is."
"Oh, really?" Shadow Chopper said with a raised eyebrow. "Maybe you should think again on where you should hide your secret, Tipral!"
At that moment, Tipral's eyes flashed white. "Wha… What did you just say?! Tipral?! No… This…can't be…"
Tipral shut his eyes tightly as he covered his antennae. "No… This… Impossible! How in the world did you…"
"So what should we name this…creation?"
"We'll call him…Tipral. Yes… Tipral will do."
"NO!" Tipral opened his eyes as if he felt a barrier within him shatter and quickly ran past Shadow Chopper and Shadower to the Dark Steeple. From what they knew, he couldn't take it anymore.
"Well, looks like it's our turn to get him!" Shadower smirked. "…He seemed really shocked though. But we gotta do what we need to do, so let's go follow him to the Dark Steeple!"
"Good idea!" Shadow Chopper nodded and the two began to go to the Dark Steeple to have their final face-off against Tipral.
Yeah, I know the optional boss was kind of short, but I know for a fact the next chapter won't have a short fight! The funny thing is, I always pronounced his name as "Type-roll", but it sounds more like "Tip-roll" to some of you guys. It's...one of those names I thought out of nowhere five years ago, and it just stuck with me. :P
Anyway, the REAL boss chapter starts tomorrow!